Series of corruption arrests puts Assam government officials in tight spot

Guwahati: As part of an ongoing crackdown on corrupt officials, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Department in Assam on Tuesday arrested an Assistant Sub-Inspector after catching him red handed taking a bribe from complainant on the pretext of relieving him in a criminal case. Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Department in Assam is on an arrests spree where the officials are laying traps on government officials including cops and municipality officials. Since September 10, around 15 officials have been arrested. The amount of money they were caught taking ranges from Rs 4000 to Rs 50,000, reports say. The arrested police officer was identified as Dambarudhar Dutta of Silonibari police post in Lakhimpur. The information came to light after the officials tweeted about the arrests. “Today, a Team from the @DIR_VAC_ASSAM trapped red-handed & arrested ASI Dambarudhar Dutta of Silonibari OP under North Lakhimpur district after he accepted bribe from the complainant for giving relief to complainant and his family in a criminal case,” the tweet read. Special DGP Assam GP Singh informed that further probe in the matter in underway. In a similar arrest on September 17, the vigilance officials arrested two government employees were for accepting bribes in two separate operations. The two officers arrested were identified as Jahnabi Kalita, Inspector of Drugs of Jorhat, and Mahabub Mollah, Senior Assistant, Bilasipara Revenue Circle Office, Bilasipara of Dhubri district. Rajib Saikia, CPRO of Assam police said, “A complaint was received at the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam alleging that Jahnabi Kalita, Inspector of Drugs, Jorhat, Assam had demanded Rs 20,000 as bribe from the complainant for issuing permission to open a pharmacy”. “Unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached the Directorate for taking necessary legal action against the public servant. Accordingly, a trap was laid by a team from the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam, inside the Office of the Senior Inspector of Drugs, Jorhat, and Jahnabi Kalita was caught red-handed with the accepted bribe of Rs 20,000 which she took from the complainant”, Rajib Saikia said. Additionally, another complaint was received at the Directorate alleging that Mahabub Mollah, Senior Assistant, Bilasipara Revenue Circle Office, Bilasipara, Dhubri, Assam had demanded Rs 4,000 as a bribe from the complainant for processing his land demarcation work. “A similar trap was also laid today by a team from the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam, inside the Revenue Circle Office, Bilasipara, district Dhubri, and Mahabub Mollah was caught red-handed with the accepted bribe of Rs 4,000 which he took from the complainant,” the Assam Police CPRO said. Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.